Automated findings stop at possibility
Scanners can identify known weaknesses, but they rarely show whether those weaknesses can be combined, exploited, or used to reach something important.
CulperSec Professional Services
Penetration Testing
See how an attacker can reach what matters before they do.
Choose the assessment that matches the risk
- Internal/External Network
- Web application
- Wireless
- Social engineering
- Red team
A clean scan does not mean an attacker is out of options.
CulperSec penetration testing uses authorized adversarial techniques to show which weaknesses are genuinely exploitable, how attack paths develop, and what those paths mean for the systems and data your organization depends on.
Attack paths cross technical boundaries
Real intrusions move between applications, identities, networks, wireless access, people, and physical controls instead of remaining inside one tool category.
Compliance does not prove resistance
A control can exist on paper while implementation gaps, business logic, trusted relationships, or human behavior still create a practical route to compromise.
Test the defenses that matter to the objective.
Each engagement is scoped independently, but every assessment receives the same emphasis on manual validation, realistic attacker behavior, operational safety, and practical remediation.
Internal network penetration testing
Test what an attacker could accomplish after gaining an internal foothold, including discovery, credential access, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and access to sensitive systems.
Assume the perimeter was crossed
External network penetration testing
Evaluate internet-facing systems and services using attacker techniques to identify exploitable exposure, weak configuration, and paths into the organization.
Test the public attack surface
Web application penetration testing
Assess authentication, authorization, session handling, input processing, business logic, data exposure, and application-specific abuse that automated scans often miss.
Go beyond vulnerability scans
Wireless penetration testing
Review wireless configuration, encryption, segmentation, authentication, and nearby attack opportunities to determine whether wireless access creates a route into trusted systems.
Validate wireless boundaries
Social engineering assessment
Use authorized phishing, smishing, vishing, cloned-voice, or physical scenarios to evaluate how people and processes respond to realistic manipulation attempts.
Test human and process controls
Red-team attack simulation
Combine technical, human, and physical attack methods in a goal-driven engagement designed to test prevention, detection, escalation, and response across the organization.
Exercise the complete defense
Realistic testing requires clear boundaries.
A strong engagement combines adversarial creativity with explicit authorization, safety controls, and communication. Both teams know what is permitted, when to escalate, and how findings will be handled.
CulperSec assessment team
We own the methodology, controlled execution, evidence quality, finding validation, and clarity of the final assessment record.
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Design a defensible methodology
Translate the authorized scope and objectives into a test plan with appropriate techniques, evidence standards, safety controls, and escalation paths.
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Execute realistic testing safely
Use manual and automated techniques to identify and validate attack paths while respecting agreed boundaries and operational constraints.
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Validate findings and impact
Confirm exploitability, remove false positives, document evidence, and explain how technical weaknesses affect real systems, data, and business operations.
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Deliver practical reporting
Provide technical findings, executive context, positive observations, remediation guidance, and an organized workspace for ongoing review.
Your project and security teams
You provide authorization, operational context, access coordination, and the internal ownership needed to turn results into safer systems.
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Authorize scope and objectives
Identify the systems, applications, networks, people, facilities, or outcomes in scope and provide written authorization for the agreed testing activity.
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Define safety boundaries
Document prohibited actions, maintenance constraints, sensitive systems, emergency contacts, and conditions that require testing to pause or escalate.
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Provide access and context
Coordinate credentials, test accounts, allowlisting, technical contacts, architecture details, and business context appropriate to the assessment model.
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Own remediation decisions
Prioritize corrective work, assign responsible owners, accept risk where appropriate, and coordinate changes through internal governance and change control.
From authorization to actionable evidence.
The methodology adapts to the assessment type while preserving a consistent process for scope control, safe execution, evidence, risk interpretation, and delivery.
Scope
Define objectives, assets, testing perspective, rules of engagement, safety constraints, communication paths, and success criteria.
Recon
Gather intelligence, map the environment, understand exposed services and trust relationships, and identify likely attack paths.
Test
Use authorized attacker techniques to exploit weaknesses, chain findings, test controls, and pursue the agreed engagement objectives.
Validate
Confirm each finding, capture reproducible evidence, assess likely impact, remove false positives, and preserve a clear activity record.
Deliver
Review technical and executive results, provide prioritized remediation guidance, and keep findings active in Meridian Assessments after delivery.
The report is not the end of the engagement.
Every CulperSec penetration test includes one year of Meridian Assessments access so findings, ownership, remediation progress, and updated reporting remain available after delivery.
Evidence for engineers. Clarity for leadership.
The engagement delivers more than a vulnerability list. Teams receive validated attack evidence, practical remediation context, and an organized record they can use to improve security after testing ends.
- Confirmed findings supported by reproducible evidence
- Attack paths that explain how weaknesses combine
- Risk ratings tied to technical and business impact
- Prioritized remediation guidance for responsible owners
- Technical detail and executive-ready reporting
- Ongoing finding and remediation tracking in CulperIQ
Scope the test around the risk.
Tell us what needs to be tested, what outcome matters, and which operational boundaries we need to respect. We will help shape the right engagement.